†Litolestes ignotus Jepsen 1930 (hedgehog)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Full reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1930. New Vertebrate Fossils from the Lower Eocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 69(1):117-131
Belongs to Litolestes according to M. J. Novacek et al. 1985
See also Jepsen 1930
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (6: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (6: Wyoming)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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